April 24, 2018

LA GRAND BOUFFE (THE BIG FEAST) 2.0

Big changes are afoot on LA GRANDE BOUFFE (THE BIG FEAST). Episode #100 will post on Friday (April 27), marking the end of Mike's tenure on the podcast with Bill Gunn's criminally unseen PERSONAL PROBLEMS.

As the old con says in THE GRIFTERS, "You take a partner, you put an apple on your head and hand the other guy a shotgun." Thus, I'll be taking on recording and editing duties to host each new episode with a different surprise guest, and beer, every week. My debut guest for LA GRANDE BOUFFE 2.0 is sure to knock your socks off — a woman filmmaker from Amman, Jordan who grew up in Beirut.

I can't tell you more except to say that THE BIG FEAST is about to get a whole lot bigger. After all, "copiously consuming international politics and culture through the prism of a single film and a different craft beer every week" is the name of the game. Gotta run. The meat truck just pulled up.

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